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F. GUNTZ.

APPARATUS FOR RINSING 0R WASHING BOTTLES, &c.

Patented Mar. 23, 18.86.

Mn Washington, D. a

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRIEDRICH OUNTZ, OF OARLSBAD, BOHEMIA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

APPARATUS FOR RINSING OR WASHING BOTTLES, 84c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO- 338,587, dated March 23,1886.

Application filed December 28, 1885. Serial No. 186,904. (No model.) Patented in Germany July 11, 1884, No. 30,654; in England July 18, 1884, No. 10,317; in France August 6, 1884, No. 163,661, and in Austrialiungury February 7, 1885, No. 40,310 and No.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH CUNTZ, a citizen of Prussia, residing at Carlsbad, Bohemia, Austria- Hungary, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Washing or Rinsing Bottles and other Narrow-Mouthed Vessels, (for which I have obtained patents in Great Britain, dated July 18, 1884, No. 10,317; in France, dated August 6, 1884, No. 163,661; in Germany, dated July 11, 1884, No. 30,654; in Austria, dated February 7, 1885, No. 40,310, vol. 35, folio 178, and in Hungary, dated February 7, 1885, No. 589,057,'Vol. XIX, folio 141,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an apparatus for washing or rinsing bottles, the construction of which will be readily understood on refer ence to the accompanying drawing, which shows a vertical section of the same.

A pan or receptacle, a, has at its bottom a vertical nozzle, d, through which water under pressure from a supply-pipe connected with a head of water or with a pump is made to issue. Over this nozzle is placed the trumpet-mouth c, which may be conveniently screwed to the nozzle, as shown; or it may be separate therefrom and rest on the bottom of the vessel. Openings are formed at c in the lower part of the funnel, by which the interior thereof is put in communication with the contents of the vessel (1; or the trumpetmouth can be supported a small distance from the bottom to establish this communication. To the upper end of the trumpet-mouth is screwed a tube, 6, of such a length as to reach nearly up to the bottom of the inverted bottle 12, carried in the rest 9, fixed in any convenient manner above the vessel a. The tube 6 is of such a diameter as to leave an annular space between it and the neck of the bottle. The pan a being charged with a mixture of sand or other fine grit and water, the jet of water under pressure issuing from the nozzle d will draw this mixture through the side openings, 0, into the interior of the trumpet-mouth c, and will propel it with considerable force up the tube 6. On issuing from the upper end of the latter the mixture of sand and water will first strike against the kick of the bottle, whereby it will be spread out against the sides thereof, down which it will flow, issuing through the annular space between the tube and the neck of the bottle into the pan again. By this action the bottom and sides of the bottle will be effectually cleaned. In the edge of the top or cover of the pan are formed one or more escape-openings, f, covered with fine wiregauze or perforated metal, so that as the mixture of water and sand flows back into the pan from the bottle the water can run off through these openings, leaving the sand behind, to be again propelled into the bottle by the jet.

It will be evident that a pan or trough of some length may have a row of the above-dc scribed nozzles with their inverted funnels and rests, so that a number of bottles can be rinsed at the same time.

When the apparatus is only used for rins ing the bottles after cleansing, the receptacle a will contain only water, which Willbe drawn up by the action of the jet at d, so that a comparatively-small expenditure of water will suffice for causing a flow of a comparativelylarge volume of rinsing-water through the bottle.

Having thus described the nature of my invention and the best means I know for carrying the same into practical effect, I claim-- 1. In an apparatus for washing or rinsing bottles, the combination of a pan, a, for containing a mixture of water and sand or other gritty matter, a nozzle, d, connected with a water-supply pipe extending through the bottom of the pan, a trumpet-shaped mouth, 0, located above the said nozzle and having lateral communications 0' with the pan, a tube, e, carried by the said trumpet-shaped mouth, and a bottle rest or support, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In apparatus for washing or rinsing bottles, the combination of the pan a, having openingsf, with the nozzle d, trumpet-month a, and tube 6, substantially as herein described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 11th day of December, A. D. 1885.

FRIEDRICH OUNTZ.

\Vitnesses:

JosEE HUss, ADOLF FISCHER. 

